Making a planned CPD entry using this module
Use this learning about sun protection and skin cancer to make an entry in your revalidation record.
Q1. What are you planning to learn?
Tip: The GPhC expects this section to include three things – a learning objective, why this learning is relevant to your role and how this learning will benefit the people who use your services.
Learning objective: e.g. To prepare myself and my team to get more involved in addressing sun protection and skin cancer.
Why this learning is relevant to my role: (For you to add)
How it will benefit the people who use my services: (For you to add)
Q2. How are you planning to learn it?
Tip: This section is for the learning activities you are going to do. Completing this module is one learning activity but make sure you include other activities that show how you will be able to apply your learning in practice.
- What will you and your team do to support patients seeking advice about suspicious lesions or about suitable sunscreen products and to identify patients at risk and refer them for a review?
- How will you make sure that members of your team know their role in your plan?
- What resources will you use (e.g. Sun safety & skin cancer booklet from Skcin)?
Q3. Give an example of how this learning has benefited people using your services
Tip: Here you need to include statements about how you envisage your team and/or your patients and/or local general practices will benefit from your learning. Also include an example of how someone actually benefited.
e.g. This learning will benefit my team by . . .
e.g. An example of a customer/patient who benefited from my learning is . . .
References
- Drago F, Ciccarese G, Cogorno L et al. Prevention of non-melanoma skin cancers with nicotinamide in transplant recipients: a case-control study.
Eur J Dermatol 27, 382-385 (2017). - Vitamin D and the skin: focus on a complex relationship: a review. Mostafa WZ, Hegazy RA. J Adv Res. 2015 Nov; 6(6): 793-804. Published online 2014 Feb 8.
- NICE CKS. Vitamin D deficiency in adults – treatment and prevention.
- Euromelanoma
- CKS NICE Skin cancers – recognition and referral (Nov 2016).